Hope fading fast as desperate Ibrox fans jealously watch Celtic success

Ibrox fans watched and wept as they looked in at UEFA’s top competition last night.

A week ago their Tribute Act was knocked out of the Europa League by the Polish Partick Thistle.

Tonight Jabalonec visit Ibrox hoping to put the lights out on European football for the season.

Celtic’s 3-0 win over LASK didn’t go down well. The damage that Martin O’Neill Version 1 inflicted on a support brought up on a misplaced Superiority Complex can’t be under-estimated.

O’Neill burst the bubble created by Dave Murray and his mate Dick, The Little General. Twenty years later the effect remains.

Ibrox fans fall into three categories when it comes to watching Scotland’s most successful team on television

• Denying that they are watching while ready to instantly react to any Celtic set-back
• Those that watch and declare Celtic bang average, getting by thanks to pure luck and the Grand Papal Conspiracy.
• The 5% of realists that know that Celtic are streets ahead and that the trophy toll is only going to increase.

Recent evidence is overwhelming bleak for bears. Which is nice.

Chasing Celtic has destroyed all of the recent Ibrox managers. Long may it continue

Improving a club that has won three trophies in its history should be enough. But Celtic’s constant success means that the average tenure for an Ibrox boss is now under a year.

A steady season of improvement, progress in Europe and selling a few players for profit should be welcomed.

THE NEVER ENDING DESPAIR AND MISERY OF IBROX FANS

Instead each Revolution crashes and burns.

Alfredo Morelos was going to be sold for Dembele Dollars. He left for nothing, no club in Europe would touch him.

Arne Engels was sold for £22m. No one is interested in Nico Raskin, the Belgian ‘ace’ has two years left running down his contract. Other than nationality there is no comparison between the two players.

Right now only three players at Ibrox have a winners medal to their name.

When one of them is Ross McCausland you are in serious trouble.

Celtic’s 5-1 win at Kilmarnock spooked Derek McInnes’ side into losing 2-1 at home to Hibs.

Trailing Celtic by five points after two matches already casts a shadow over the Staunch Revolution.

After watching Celtic beat LASK 3-0 most bears know that Celtic are closing in on another £40m. Enough to buy another eight Camilo Duran type signings.

Hopefully over the next two Thursday’s Jablonec can make life even more miserable for all connected to Ibrox.